Marian Boswall

Landscape designer Marian Boswall constructs her fantasy garden, the first important ingredient of which would be love. Find out why Marian wants to experience the garden from the perspective of a bug and a bird, as well as in slo-mo and fast-mo, and how being ‘invisible’ is helpful when out beaver spotting. Discover what the secret of quick composting is, how she learned to love yellow… and why she wants a pair of wolves in her dream garden.

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Discover Marian Boswall’s top tips on creating a sustainable garden; see a beautiful low-maintenance garden she designed; and learn more about her favourite plants with medicinal qualities.

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Show notes

Books

• Terry Pratchett book Reaper Man
• Laline Paull book The Bees
• Merlin Sheldrake book Entangled Life 

People

• 42 Acres, nature reserve and wellbeing centre, founded by Lara and Seth Tabatznik
• Thich Nhat Hanh, dubbed the ‘father of mindfulness’
• Satish Kumar, peace activist
• Dr Elaine Inghams Soil Food Web
• Nicole Masters Integrity Soils

Ideas

• Rewilding (beavers) 
• The Great Dixter Biodiversity Audit 
• Making compost

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